Escape The Clouds - Steam-Powered Samurai lyrics

In the year of the dragon we strike against our brothers Those fools who grovel before the Western outsiders The Emperor demands that our nation be restored In his name the samurai once again march for war On our walking machines we stride across the land Towering above the mist with our swords in hand The shogunate's men rise in defense of their masters But their spirit is weak and our steel is stronger I ride to war on my ironclad beast Upon the foreigners' terror will my men feast For tradition, for honor - our gunfire deafens Revere the emperor! (Sonno!) Expel the barbarians! (Joi!) Their unfair treaties will be rewritten in blood A warning to their kind and our weak-willed shogun We'll take back the skies from their coal-fired airships Cast away their disease and their lack of respect From the flames of Kagoshima to the walls of ancient Edo We will strike at their heart with unrelenting anger We can no longer stand by as the shadows grow long The steam-powered samurai's age has finally come I ride to war on my ironclad beast Upon the foreigners' terror will my men feast For tradition, for honor - our gunfire deafens Revere the emperor! (Sonno!) Expel the barbarians! (Joi!) Ikuze! Oh - Reh - San - Jo We will restore the Emperor to his rightful place Regain our pride and save precious face Uproot the weeds that have soiled our land Pray to our ancestors and make amends We are modern relics of the most ancient traditions At war one last time for the sake of our nation One final stand on this most glorious day Then the steam-powered samurai will fade away I ride to war on my ironclad beast Upon the foreigners' terror will my men feast For tradition, for honor - our gunfire deafens Revere the emperor! (Sonno!) Expel the barbarians! (Joi!)